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UK test-fires Spear mini cruise missile that will equip F-35 fighters 2024-11-18 at 15:03 By Dan Robinson 2-way datalink allows in-flight info updates including retargeting and abort The UK has conducted the first successful guided firing trial of Spear, a mini cruise missile that is set to be the chief strike weapon against ships for […]

Gmail’s New Shielded Email Feature Lets Users Create Aliases for Email Privacy 2024-11-18 at 14:04 By Google appears to be readying a new feature called Shielded Email that allows users to create email aliases when signing up for online services and better combat spam. The feature was first reported by Android Authority last week following […]

THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 11 – Nov 17) 2024-11-18 at 14:04 By What do hijacked websites, fake job offers, and sneaky ransomware have in common? They’re proof that cybercriminals are finding smarter, sneakier ways to exploit both systems and people. This week makes one thing clear: no system, no person, […]

Beyond Compliance: The Advantage of Year-Round Network Pen Testing 2024-11-18 at 14:04 By IT leaders know the drill—regulators and cyber insurers demand regular network penetration testing to keep the bad guys out. But here’s the thing: hackers don’t wait around for compliance schedules. Most companies approach network penetration testing on a set schedule, with the […]

UK tax collector inks £366M in ERP deals to get systems into cloud 2024-11-18 at 13:53 By Lindsay Clark SAP and Deloitte winners in transition from legacy software to SaaS, which includes housing and transport ministries The UK’s tax collector has awarded contracts worth up to £366 million ($461 million) in an effort to move […]

Beyond Compliance: The Advantage of Year-Round Network Pen Testing 2024-11-18 at 13:03 By IT leaders know the drill—regulators and cyber insurers demand regular network penetration testing to keep the bad guys out. But here’s the thing: hackers don’t wait around for compliance schedules. Most companies approach network penetration testing on a set schedule, with the […]

Fake Discount Sites Exploit Black Friday to Hijack Shopper Information 2024-11-18 at 13:03 By A new phishing campaign is targeting e-commerce shoppers in Europe and the United States with bogus pages that mimic legitimate brands with the goal of stealing their personal information ahead of the Black Friday shopping season. “The campaign leveraged the heightened […]

Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog: It’s not a soup you want to drink at any price 2024-11-18 at 12:49 By Rupert Goodwins You think employee-generated content is bad now?  Opinion  In 1968’s Star Trek episode, “The Ultimate Computer,” Captain Kirk had his ship used to test M5, a new computer. A copilot, if you […]

Framework laptops get modular makeover with RISC-V main board 2024-11-18 at 11:51 By Liam Proven One of the braver lightning talks we’ve seen: Swapping motherboards, live on stage Ubuntu Summit 2024  The modular Framework laptop is moving outside the x86 world with a RISC-V main board now available.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

NIST trains AI to hear the ‘oh crap’ moment before batteries explode 2024-11-18 at 10:33 By Richard Speed Machine learning used to separate opening a can of soda from something catastrophic Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up with an early warning system for lithium-ion battery fires.… This […]

NSO Group Exploited WhatsApp to Install Pegasus Spyware Even After Meta’s Lawsuit 2024-11-18 at 09:03 By Legal documents released as part of an ongoing legal tussle between Meta’s WhatsApp and NSO Group have revealed that the Israeli spyware vendor used multiple exploits targeting the messaging app to deliver Pegasus, including one even after it was […]

First looks at China’s Moon rock samples suggest Luna had volcanoes for longer than previously thought 2024-11-18 at 08:48 By Laura Dobberstein Stuff from the far side is basalt – but less KREEP-y than expected The first ever samples of soil and rock collected from the far side of the moon has revealed more recent […]

Lenovo’s enterprise hardware biz booms but profit remains elusive 2024-11-18 at 07:33 By Simon Sharwood Execs at Chinese company confident President Trump’s trade policies won’t present a problem Lenovo’s enterprise business has posted 65 percent year on year growth but still posted a loss.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Making employees your security shield 2024-11-18 at 07:05 By Security awareness training is not just an option, but a strategic imperative. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Urgent: Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Over 4 Million Sites 2024-11-18 at 06:57 By A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been disclosed in the Really Simple Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) plugin for WordPress that, if successfully exploited, could grant an attacker to remotely gain full administrative access to a susceptible site. The vulnerability, tracked […]

Weekends were a mistake says Infosys co-founder Narayama Murthy 2024-11-18 at 06:03 By Laura Dobberstein Again defends his belief that 70-hour weeks are essential and work/life balance is bunk Infosys founder Narayama Murthy has tripled down on his previous statements that 70-hour work weeks are what’s needed in India and revealed he also thinks weekends […]

Equinix to close its ‘Metal’ IaaS offering in 2026 2024-11-18 at 04:03 By Simon Sharwood Joins the likes of HPE, Cisco, and VMware in failing to challenge dominant hyperscalers Datacenter giant Equinix will end its foray into infrastructure-a-service by shuttering its “Metal” bare metal IaaS offering.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years 2024-11-18 at 02:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: Cost of Halliburton hack disclosed; Time to dump old D-Link NAS; More UN cybercrime convention concerns; and more Infosec in brief  A teenager has pleaded guilty to calling in more than 375 fake threats to law enforcement, and […]

TikTok parent ByteDance’s valuation hits $300 billion, sources say 2024-11-18 at 02:18 By Reuters TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300 billion, after it recently approached investors about a share buyback program, according to two people familiar with the matter and a document viewed by Reuters. This article is an excerpt from […]